From 7a3bf1692dbe32d8a850bfbc33917f9ad5c34c55 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mayukha Vadari <mvadari@ripple.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 09:53:44 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] refactor: Simplify set/get field call to use existing
 variable (#6534)

The `setFieldU32` call is currently used to set the credential's expiry using a `getFieldU32` call to obtain the expiration time. However, that value was already obtained previously and can thus be reused.
---
 src/libxrpl/tx/transactors/credentials/CredentialCreate.cpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/libxrpl/tx/transactors/credentials/CredentialCreate.cpp b/src/libxrpl/tx/transactors/credentials/CredentialCreate.cpp
index 88b860e79e..40f8a0c925 100644
--- a/src/libxrpl/tx/transactors/credentials/CredentialCreate.cpp
+++ b/src/libxrpl/tx/transactors/credentials/CredentialCreate.cpp
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ CredentialCreate::doApply()
             return tecEXPIRED;
         }
 
-        sleCred->setFieldU32(sfExpiration, ctx_.tx.getFieldU32(sfExpiration));
+        sleCred->setFieldU32(sfExpiration, *optExp);
     }
 
     auto const sleIssuer = view().peek(keylet::account(account_));